Bill Kipper

Pretty sure that's a western leaf-cutter bee on the sunflower head, so at least we have that...for a while longer. They behave as if they know they're running out of time, which I fully respect.

He walked to the depths of the deepest burnt forest...

Trump is right, there is a war on Christians. He's the one doing it.

They suddenly vanished, as if Raptured, weapons and clothes falling to the roof. A penetrating reek of hot black pepper filled their nostrils; immense, searing peppercorns sank into their flesh. Lips tore, teeth broke, pepper poured down their throats. Theirs to enjoy, forever.

A reverse Rapture.

Enjoyed the excerpts from the audiobook you read on the podcast. Even better was your appearance on The Daily Show with Jordan Klepper, who grew more fanboi'ish by the second!

Crows on rustic wooden fence-posts, stretching out to upper photo right, glossy black beauties pecking sunflower seed booty.

Semi-vaguely on topic, my wife cranks MST3K (which I call 'mistake' to trigger her) while she's crafting pine needle baskets, etc. On our nature walks, after I've chicka-dee-dee-dee'd and cawed a few too many times, I sometimes rue 'If I could STOP talking to the animals...' but, we're buds, eh?!

cable tangler!

Rippled green pond surrounding the flat top of a stump, which is populated by a diminutive Ouachita map turtle at left, and several times larger Mississippi map turtle dominating the stump to the right.

Local pond with non-local turtle inhabitants. The Ouachita map turtle to left and Mississippi map turtle to right 'belong' in the southeastern USA, and were likely dumped after their appeal as pets wore off. Having no one to breed with = not invasive.
#nature #turtle #photography #art #reflections

Seen from behind and left, a grey and white tree sparrow youngling with brilliant yellow beak sits atop a lichen-encrusted wooden nest-box, looking glumly at the photographer, who is clearly a waste of breath with respect to supplying tasty insects.

A white-bellied tree swallow clings to the top edge of the nest-box, stuffing an unseen insect into the fledgling's mouth in a high-tempo docking maneuver.

A tree swallow fledgling awaiting its BeakDash® breakfast delivery, and receiving the goods from the 'driver'. The landing/feeding took less than a second, so I was mighty happy to capture that moment.
#birds #nest #insects #photography #emotions #nature #luck #beauty #SurreyParks

Please allow me to coin 'barfunkles' for your reading pleasure.

Only if you steal from the earth and give to the rich, Robin.

Current US climate/energy policy seems built on the understanding that the author is close, but 'not quite there': the heat will kill THEM first, the poor, aged, 'losers in shithole countries'... they're all machine-gunnable rabble as far as Scump et al are concerned.

Let them eat NOTHING & die.

This post went viral on FB today, I thought maybe y'all would appreciate it too.

My next door neighbour had a Kenner Easy-Bake Oven, and we used to develop our own B&W film, but we were too dumb to combine them into something groundbreaking.
Sigh. Opportunities lost. In fairness to us, we 'were' 12 years old...

They need to learn that manners enhance compliance.

STAGGER INTO THE WOODS, FETID HOMINID, AND EMBRACE YOUR SUBSUMANCE, 'please'.

Yes please. Double that rate for 'Gateway to Mars', to slap 'DOGE-Czar' towards Realityville Station.

Apologies to all the hapless humans along for the ride on the 'Moloch Express to Optimized Throughput'.

thumb on bark next to typical splitgill mushrooms, which are poorly described as 'large'.

Those 'are' the gills. Caps look like this, and are surprisingly small.

Probably the same guys who named the town my mom's from, Long Pond.

Coming soon: subscription weather-warning apps with dynamic pricing! The closer the extreme weather, the more you pay!

The Democrats are lucky to have a politician like @aoc.bsky.social in this moment.

Some of those fans probably vote! ;)

Apparently they're eminently hireable by the new regime, now that they've rid themselves of deadwood like forest rangers, atmospheric scientist, and the like.

At least it's not, say, Jackie Gleason, and don't get me wrong, loved that guy.

Implosions also go 'boom'. Not super-happy he's stuffing everyone into the same experimental sub.

YouTube video by Gentle Giant - Topic Underground (2012 Remaster)

If yes, then let this be our subterranean anthem:
youtu.be/Ob3dD8w6LT8

Another guy whose hairdo would be improved by bouncing down a flight of marble stairs. Higher style points by doing it face-first. Max points shall be awarded to the participant who sprints to the takeoff platform with freedom under one arm and slavery under the other. GO JEFF GO!

a black and white photo of a man in a military uniform talking on a telephone . Alt: An in-uniform Gomer Pyle giddily yammering into a payphone, with SURPRISE SURPRISE SURPRISE!!! subtitled below

"You ain't gonna BELIEVE what I just saw spinnin' yer way, Aunt Bee!"

I would prefer not to.

Credit: Herman Melville, in 'Bartleby, the Scrivener'

Sentence of the month award...goes to...BOB CESCA!!!!
You can sift your award from the ashes, Bob, assuming you don't number amongst them.